In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

